CHAPTER XVI. 



PKOPAGATION CONTINUED. 



Cuttings. If we succeeded in giving the read 

 er a clear idea of how plants are made from single 

 eyes, he will readily understand how they are 

 made from cuttings. These consist of pieces of 

 cane having from two to five eyes or buds. A 

 cutting of two eyes is seen at the right, Fig. 105. 

 Cuttings are prepared by making a clean cut 

 close under the lowest bud, which is removed, 

 as is also the one above it when there are three. 

 The cane is cut half an inch above the top 

 bud, the slope of the cut being on the side op 

 posite the bud. Only thoroughly ripe canes 

 should be used for cuttings, and those of me 

 dium size are best. Cuttings of two eyes are 

 sometimes grown under glass. They are placed 

 in the propagating bed, with the upper bud an 

 inch or so above the surface, as shown on the 

 right in Fig. 105. Their management is then 



